I had a female shoot eggs on me 2 weeks or so ago. It's been interesting for myself as well because all my records indicate that the large females should be coming into "my" creek by now but, I've not caught a single crappie there yet. This year I'm seeing a very inconsistent pattern in that I can go to a spot for a trip or 2 and catch them within yards of each other and then the next trip they've vanished and this is fishing 3 days in a row. Keep after them and keep on your journal and you'll figure them out.